Don't apply to the Art Institutes.
They aren't hard to get into. It's open enrollment. They take ANYONE.
They're an elaborate corporate scam to funnel as many Government Pell grants and guaranteed loans out of students as they can and leave the students with the bill.
They may seem like they would be good, but it is all smoke and mirrors. Pretty building with pretty computers. Meanwhile, it will just ruin your life.
The market demand they say they're meeting is not the demand of the Job market, its the demand of the students. Students that graduated AI are struggling to get jobs and have over more than $50,000+ or $90,000+ in debt depending on what degree they went for. Degrees that are worthless in the job market.
Basically, AI is a degree mill. They use bloated success stats and circle logic to back them up.
They count students working at Toys R Us as in the field. Avoid them if you want to actually have a decent future.
If you really want to pursue your passion, go to a community college, study fine art, and then transfer into a state school. It will be cheaper and the money you save you can buy your own equipment.
Their job leads are bogus, they go to Monster, Craigslist, and career builder just like everyone else. Their top employer is HOME DEPOT (Check their own website) and I guarantee none of those are art jobs.
Don't make the same mistake my friends and I did. We'll be paying for it for the rest of our lives.What should I put in my art portfolio?
My college drawing professor, who graduated from Kendall, said that when I transfer to an art school (I'm in community college now) they're going to want to see some original stuff and some really basic normal "art class" type stuff to assess your skill and creative range. The basic stuff includes figure studies and still lifes, and both contour and value drawings. Otherwise, it goes without saying that you should include only your best work. Try to choose a wide variety of works that will show the different stuff you are capable of, your particular style if you have one, and where you are as far as technical skill level. Make sure everything is presented neatly. You don't have to matt everything, just make sure your portfolio is tidy and easy to flip through.
Hope this helps, good luck!What should I put in my art portfolio?
To be honest,I'm a high schooler who is taking art classes and planning to take an art college.
My art teacher told me to put as many paintings as I can..BUT Not all the same stuff, just put a variety of diff. things you can do in gaming and design.
The college representatives really look for what you can do is you show all the different designs you can make.
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